You can increase one ability score by two points and one by one point or you can increase three ability scores by one point each. 

Cysgodau reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, though their Shadowtouched blood grants them exceedingly long lives. They do not seem to age the same way normal mortal races do. Instead, their apparent physical age seems to match their mental outlook on life. This has led many scholars to believe that each individual Cysgod subconsciously chooses how long they will live. Some have been known to remain young and vibrant for a hundred years while others have aged even more quickly than humans, dying of old age after as few as 40 years. Some who seem as young as teenagers claim to have lived more than a thousand years. 

Your average life span is about 400 years, though this can be modified by your Parthenogenetic Variance trait (see below). 

Cysgodau tend toward neutral alignments. They have an unexplained urge to work against excess on either side of the coin that often spurs them to take up any cause against tyrants that cross their paths. Most tend toward chaotic side of the alignment due to a love of freedom and choice. 

Cysgodau range from just over 4 feet to just under 7 feet in height and are of slender build. Your size is medium or small, your choice.

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. 

Your dark vision allows you to see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. While using this vision your eyes will glow, emitting a faint light the color of your iris. You can choose to suppress this ability at any time by concentrating for one action. It will remain suppressed until reactivated, which is instant and takes no action. 

You speak Common and one other language of your choice. If you do not select Cysgodau, then there is a cumulative 10% chance each time you are exposed to the language that it's knowledge will be unlocked, granting you instant access to it. 

As a creature who was created from pure Shadowfell energy, you know the [Tooltip Not Found] cantrip. This does not count against any cantrips known for any class you belong to.  Your spellcasting ability for this cantrip is Charisma. 

Additionally, you can move through shadows. As a bonus action, you can step into a shadow. You can then move in a direct line to any other shadow and exit out into its space, provided that it is unoccupied. While you are in the shadows you are technically on a border plane between the Prime Material and the Shadowfell. Remaining in this border realm is very taxing on the Cysgodau physiology, and as such you can only remain in this realm for a cumulative number of rounds equal to twice your proficiency modifier. You may exit and enter as many times as you would like in a given round, but any time spent in the realm in a round counts as one full round. So, if you entered it and moved 10 feet and then exited, it still counts as a single round. Or, for example, if you enter at the end of your turn and move 10 feet, then exit out at the beginning of your next turn, it counts as two rounds. Once you have reached your maximum number of rounds you cannot enter the shadows again until you complete a long rest.

Both of these are innate abilities and do not count as casting as pell. 

The parthenogenetic nature of your species grants you random genetic traits based on the genetic material from species that have intermingled with your family line. Roll 1d10 and consult the table below: 

1. Superior Dark Vision
2. Fey Ancestry
3. Cold Resistance
4. Dragon Life-Span
5. Shapechanger
6. Flight (has wings)
7. Fire Resistance
8. True Sight
9. Trance
10. Poison Resistance